THE family which owns Cromwell House, home of Cromwell's Chocolates, is to launch an interior design shop in February.

It will run alongside the chocolate business and provide a career boost for one of the family's younger members.

Sally Hannah, aged 22, will use the interior design qualification she gained from Cheltenham College. It is her first opportunity at doing the job professionally and she is "excited" at the opportunity.

"I went into the family (fabrics) business straight from college and we've been doing that for a long time now," she said.

"We'll be offering something that you cannot get anywhere else round here. "We're going to be very careful about the suppliers we use to get extremely high-quality, expensive, hand-made furniture."